NeTDeMoN wrote:
>
> http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36297
> I think Mozilla and Netscape should get together with w3c and come up
> with a
> standard for plugins of media types for the <param> tags in the <object>
> field and javascript functions' access of plugins.
> This standard should define the common functions and paramaters for such
> popular formats as mpeg, mp3, avi, wav, etc, etc.
> This way, the multimedia mayhem will stop.
In the beginning, Microsoft made IE's plugin scheme compatible with
Netscape's, back when Netscape was still the 800 pound gorilla of browsers.
They changed once they had a respectable user base, to help create a schism
between the platforms, hopefully rendering Netscape useless.
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